On 18/5/07 12:34, in article
, "Dave Hill"
wrote:

On 18 May, 12:12, Sacha wrote:
On 18/5/07 12:00, in article
, "Kate Morgan"

wrote:
Why don't we have our own on-line flower/garden show ?
We could submit photo`s or a web site of our gardens and hopefully find
someone to judge them.

kate

It's an interesting idea but I don't know if photos would show gardens well
enough. Do we show to RHS standards (!) or do we just ask someone impartial
to say which is best. And then, by what criteria? The web ring has photos
of urglers' gardens on it but I haven't looked recently to see how up to
date it is. I think Cormaic was maintaining that and he hasn't had any time
to himself lately!

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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
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Devon County Show 17-19 Mayhttp://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/

I think that in the end common sense prevailed, the logistics etc. as
well as getting accepted by the RHS would have been a full time job.
I would think that if anything like this was to rear its head again
then a show like the Malvern Spring show would be much better, they
are looking for gardens, and have virtually unlimited space.
But speaking for myself a show later in the season would be better as
May/June are my peak times.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries


Same here, David. It's a very busy time of year and it's also v. exxpensive
long term. There's the transportation of a wide variety of plants which
means hire of a big van/s; there's accommodation for all who go and of
course, there's entry fees. A lot of the 'big boys' have people who do
nothing but design show gardens, bring on plants especially cultivated for
shows and then actually do the shows. It's interesting to do and I've
enjoyed the two we've done but we've done them for PR purposes, frankly.
That said, nearly everyone who walked past our stand yesterday said "oh,
we're already customers of yours, our car could find its own way
there"......so, is it worth doing next year? We'll decide nearer the time!
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)
Devon County Show 17-19 May
http://www.devoncountyshow.co.uk/